[TeamManager]

What is one of the most common and often repeated sins?

It is without a doubt the one committed with the unbridled tongue.

Nearly everyone has done it, and most continue to do it both day and night.

Profanity, vile words, vulgarity and the taking of the Lord's name in vain is spewing forth from the mouths of people throughout the world non-stop!

Parents have ordered God to damn their children, and children have ordered God to damn their parents. People have ordered
God to damn their houses, cars, tools, the driver in front of them, their relatives, the IRS and just about everything else.

Why do people speak so many profane, vile and vulgar words?

Why do so people call upon God to bring forth damnation on almost everything? Men and women who are in the condition of
extreme anger and rage will "cuss a blue streak!"

Their children will learn and copy this almost immediately, and another generation is polluted.

We must also remember that people of all ages hear filthy and vile words in movies and on television, and then go on assimilate hell's vocabulary with ever increasing frequency.

Another reason why people have such vulgar mouths is one that is a combination of pride and insecurity. Fully grown men and
women, especially men, often use filthy words, because they are really ten-year-olds in an adult body. Men, especially are
under the delusion that filthy words prove that they are fully matured "macho men." In reality, they sound like they were born in a cellar and never brought up.

Some of these "macho men" and vile women seem to have a vocabulary of about 25 words and use the infamous four-letter "F" word to fill in the blank spaces of their mental deficit. That repulsive four letter "F" word has been used as a noun, pronoun, adjective, verb, adverb, preposition, and as parts of speech unknown.

The truth is that profanity and vulgarity will never enhance anyone's position and neither is it funny.

It will always make you sound stupid, ignorant, and repulsive, but there are worse consequences than these.

Who is harmed by profanity? Why is it so serious? The answer to those questions is found in the Scripture.

From the Bible we learn that it is a direct sin against God himself, and it is not one that he will overlook nor excuse.

In Exodus 20:7, we find one of the ten commandments, the third one to be exact, warns us with these words, "Thou shalt not
take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain." The unbridled
tongue is a direct offense against God himself!

In James 3:6-8, we are also warned; "And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it
defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and is set on fire of hell. For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind: But the tongue can no man tame, it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison."

Profanity also puts us in a special status with God; it makes us his enemy or identifies us with his enemies.

Psalm 139:20 clearly warns us, "For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain." Thus, profanity is an indicator that we are not right with God, and that we are accounted to be his enemy.

"But I don't mean anything by it; they're just idle words!" That is what some may say. We must remember, however, that words many times have a much greater effect on the hearer than on the one speaking them. Words may be idle jargon to the speaker, but how is the hearer receiving them?

God, who hears every word, has this to say in Matthew 12:34-37; "O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. A good man out of the good treasure of the heart, bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things. But I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgement. For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned."

If you have been caught and ensnared by the filthy habit of profanity, there is help and deliverance available from God Almighty. You must truly and sincerely repent and ask God to bridle your tongue with his Word and power. We at Last Trumpet Ministries are ready to help you to overcome this sin and any others that plague your life and the lives of those around you. Once you have received the power of salvation and deliverance, you won't be ordering God to "dammit" anymore, but rather to save souls from damnation. With this tract comes a prayer for you! I urge you to yield your life to God now, before it is too late.

David J. Meyer


http://www.lasttrumpetministries.org/tracts/tract5.html

[chotadipo]

I agree profanity is ungodly, but would also like to add that profanity retrogresses a language and hence culture.

[jarabuon]

lol, i just remembered my pal in college, the guy could not complete a sentence without saying "mother******". mother****** this mother****** that mpaka we started calling him mother******... yaani his nickname was mother******.

pal: "hi nancy*"
nancy: "hi mother******"

it fikad a point where he got ashamed and stopped cussing like that.

[Sanaa-]

Oh my, cursing is reflex for me when i'm pissed off today i've cursed over 20 times lord help me.

[KEMINOKANA]

>Oh my, cursing is reflex for me when i'm pissed off today
>i've cursed over 20 times lord help me.

It is ok to be angry. God himself gets very angry and even kills people to revenge. We were created in his own image.

Just make sure you dont go to bed angry. I encourage you to read a book called "The big picture " by Ben Carson. You'll learn how to let nettlesome things go without getting under ur skin. When you get angry, you are transferring the power to control ur behavior to that thing that is making you angry. E.g when u get mad till u fight, ur really opening the can for all worms to come out. U'd be arrested for example and after that, it is the police that determine what to do with you and not YOU.

I have a bad temper and used to get irritated quickly. But after reading that book, I am so free. No matter how hard someone tries, I'll just not grant him the power to determine how I behave.

[Sanaa-]

Keminokana,

Actually anger is my second biggest weakness. I can get so angry mpaka i wonder if its someone else trappped in my body. I try to control my anger in many ways that end up being un fruitful. E.g like avoiding people, that works for a while but you can't keep away forever.

Today i was so pissed off at this dude, i was actually going to his place ring the door bell and when he opens, punch him in the face.

Then i thought of alot of other consequences, to be honest i didn't stop coz it was wrong, i just stopped coz he is like my professors ka-spy and definitely that would have earned me a bad grade on some technicality.

I'd still like to go and punch him real hard till..argh

I can't help it sometimes, there's only two options; get angry and punch someone or get angry,cry end up frustrated and honestly i'd rather transfer the energy via a punch.

[KEMINOKANA]

Allow me to share this BY Dr Carson.

"I had an incredibly horrible temper. I was one of those people who thought they had a lot of rights, and of course, the more rights you think you have, the more likely someone is to infringe upon them. And I did get into fights, I would injure people. I tried to hit my mother in the head with a hammer. I would just become irrational because I would get so angry. It all culminated one day when --

Another youngster angered me, and I had a large camping knife and I tried to stab him in the abdomen, and, fortunately, he had on a large metal belt buckle under his clothing and the knife blade struck with such force that it broke and he fled in terror. But... I was more terrified as I recognized that I was trying to kill somebody over nothing. This was after I had turned my grades around. I was an A student at that time, but I realized at that moment that with a temper like that, my options were three: reform school, jail, or the grave. None of the options appealed to me. So I just locked myself up in the bathroom and I started praying and I said, "Lord, I can't deal with this temper." And I picked up my Bible and I started reading from the Book of Proverbs. That was the first day that I started doing it, and I've been doing it every day since then, because it had all these verses in it about anger, and it seemed like they were all applicable to me. And while I was there, I had a revelation and that revelation was that the reason I was always angry is because I was always in the center of the equation. So just step out of the center of the equation and then everything won't be directed at you, and then you won't be angry, and also, you'll be able to look at things from other people's points of view. Also, where I lived, you know, it was sort of like a macho thing. You get angry, you kick down the wall and punch in the window, and it makes you into a big man. But I came to understand that when you react like that, it actually is a sign of weakness, because it means that other people and the environment can control you, and I decided that I didn't want to be that easily controlled. And I've never had another problem with temper since that day.


AND HERE IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ADVICE
There were so many verses in the Book of Proverbs about anger. If you get an angry man out of trouble you're just going to wind up doing it again, because anger is always going to have him in trouble. And "A man who can control his temper is mightier than a man who can conquer a city." If people can make you angry, they can control you. So, why do you want to give up control to every little insignificant person walking along?

From that point on, I found it much more interesting to watch people try to make me angry, knowing that they weren't going to succeed. I almost made a game out of it. I was able to take myself out of the center of the equation, to look at things from other people's perspective, not to feel that all the rights belong to you. Once you can do that, the things that make you angry become few and far between

[ATLian]

>It is ok to be angry. God himself gets very angry

@Keminokana,

pole to change the topic, but let me give you something to think about.

Can god get angry?

One of god's many attributes is that he is immutable, which means nothing about him changes. Like I wrote in an earlier post, humans change because we are not perfect. Therefore we can get angry, happy, sad, amused, etc. If a being is perfect, it CANNOT change at all. It can't get happier or sadder because ANY change to it's perfect state will render it imperfect. If god gets angry, then he has changed, and is no longer perfect, so he can no longer be god.

Also, saying that god gets angry is saying that god is driven by the same fickle whims that drive us humans. Which means also that god gets amused, bored, frustrated, disgusted, surprised, and the entire boat-load of human emotions.

Finally, god has known from time immemorial about everything that is going to happen. So, when it happens, how can it annoy him? Or amuse him? Can god laugh at a joke which he knew would be said, and which he knew the punchline to even before the joke was invented? Can god get very angry at me for committing adultery on Feb 17th 2005 when he knew from Jan 1st Infinity BC that I'd commit adultery then? I think not.

If god exists as defined by Christianity, then I don't think that it's possible for him to get any feelings that we as humans get, or to experience our type of mood changes. Plus, I'd think it's blasphemeous to give god human attributes like these.

Maonis?

[KEMINOKANA]

I would disagree with the fact that those changes taking place means one has changed. Sanaa is still sanaa. I also think ur taking the term "never changes" literally. All it means is that his principles never change. Physically, he can change into whatever he wants. Burning bush, cloud, storm, you name it. He gets sad because we make him sad and because he's a loving God. if he wasnt caring, He wouldnt give a rats ass about us. For instance, am very sure he gets angry and sad when ATlian questions his existence and holiness but He's still merciful to give you a chance to repend. It is the feeling a parent gets when a child disowns him.

I dont think God is surprised coz He knows everything that's going to happen. As for your question about why he has to get angry when he knew all along. The answer is simple. If a policeman knew you were going to rob a bank, would he arrest you before you break into the bank? In a law abiding society, NO. He'll wait till u steal, arrest you so that you the thief will have no excuse at all and he'll have all the evidence. God gives everyone of us a chance. So when we screw up that chance, of course He gets angry. God is a just God and so, he cant pre-judge. Remember He's not gon be happy to send His own pple to hell. He'd like all of us to go to heaven.

Remember, the good human attributes are from God. The bad e.g boredom come from Satan. hence him saying that the mind of an idler is the devil's workshop. Does God laugh? Sure. Laughter is a good thing. Does he crack jokes? Depends on how you look at it. The bible is full of humor for me. But most earthly 'jokes' are derived from sin. E.g when someone says, " I slept with your mama and she's a freak", pple can laugh but do u expect God to laugh at that? No. Good humorors were created by God so they can entertain his people. So God must love good humor.

[blowfish]

Plus,
>I'd think it's blasphemeous to give god human attributes like
>these.
>
>Maonis?

we actually got the attributes from him. just that He is holy so he expresses himself in holy ways, humans use these emotions as avenues to express the sin in them.


~I said to you 'Ye are gods..' - Psalm 82.6